Jennifer Moore was appointed the Kentucky State Legislative Research Director for UniteWomen.org

• On October 18, 2012, Public Administration and the College of Professional Studies sponsored the Candidates' Forum at KSU Bradford Hall. The commissioner and mayoral candidates discussed issues that were relevant to the Frankfort Community.
• Amanda Sokan presented at the annual conference of the Gerontological Society of America – November 2012, San Diego CA. The title of her presentation was: "Piercing the Veil? The Link between Individual Conception/Definition of Elder Mistreatment and Physician Behavior".
• Amanda Sokan also presented at the Lexington Housing Authority annual board and staff retreat – September 2012, Lexington, KY. Her presentation was entitled: "Vision for the future in Public Housing: Changing attitudes".
• Amanda Sokan had an article published, In “Hot Flash”, in the Sigma Phi Omega (SPO) Newsletter. SPO is the national academic honor and professional society in gerontology.

Academics with Attitude

The full implementation of the Academics with Attitude (AWA), the SACS Quality Enhancement Plan, is in its third full academic year, 2012-2013. Ninety-one (91) students from the summer, 2012 AWA semester are completing their second semester; Two sites served the AWA program: The Blazer Instructional Lab in 005 Blazer Library and The Blue House, 319 East Main Street, which became fully operational in early October, 2012. AWA curriculum began to reach its intended scope (from DE courses through "gateway" courses); one fulltime instructional counselor and six (6) part time instructional counselors provided 2 hours per week of scheduled seminars and one hour of study table time for each Q-class. AWA curriculum realignment and redesign progressed as a result of two initiatives begun last academic year and continued into the 2012-2013 academic year: The CPE-funded CCSSI and Wal-Mart-NAFEO funded Learning Communities. The AWA Teaching Team meetings continued to provide an avenue for communication, training, and assessment to reinforce the collaborative nature of AWA. The Living-Learning Coordinator met with four Living-Learning Assistants daily during the fall. AWA students attended a weekly Thursday LLC meeting, developed and supervised by the LLC Coordinator. The instructor/advisor model, utilized by the AWA program, also helped break down some of the self-destructive attitudes about academics that AWA students brought to the University.

Throughout the fall, AWA UNV 101 faculty and AWA staff advised and mentored AWA students, and the AWA Director and LLC Coordinator registered them for spring 2013. AWA students were served well by KSU during Fall Semester 2012.

Blazer Library

The Library has been involved in a number of projects over the past three months. We will be leaving EBSCO Information Services, our current subscription services agent. Our subscriptions will now be purchased via WT Cox Subscription Services. The decision to move came as a result of a very much needed cost saving measure. We will also be purchasing the WT Cox Journal Finder Package (which includes an A-Z list, Link Resolver and an Electronic Resource Management Svstem) which will